The question is, is Harden worth a max contract and harming the flexibility of that squad? I think it's somewhat obvious that they're going to end up amenstying Perkins, likely at the end of the summer, but with the new metrics in place, a max contract could really make it difficult for this team to add key pieces every year.

I wonder if OKC can really afford to do that with the Lakers having Gasol and D12 now.... Perkins may not have been that useful against MIA but he's a guy you want to have guarding opposing bigs in the playoffs.